Hunting Season
Fall in Point Clear is like a party that is over, cleaned up and waiting until summer again. The air is quiet and...
The Bird Nest
“I’ve got an idea, ” I told Jeremy. “We’ll build a nest. A huge one, way back in the woods in the top...
A Kid's Best Friend
Across the blacktop from my childhood home in Point Clear is a vast wetland of tall pines, briars and pitcher plants. When I...
Natural Selections: Pseudemys Alabamensis
On your way across the Bay, there’s no doubt you’ve seen the Delta’s most visible reptile: an Alabama red-bellied cooter basking lazily...
Turning Over a New Reef
Did you know Alabama has the largest artificial reef system in the U.S.? It’s true. In fact, we have more than 20, 000 of...
Our Air, Land & Sea
NEW HEIGHTS
Cruise to an altitude of 2, 000 feet in a hot air balloon ride above Baldwin County. Up, up, and away is an...
Natural Selections: Sarracenia leucophylla
Pretty, sweet and surprisingly diabolical, pitcher plants are nature’s own tricky kind of fly trap, with a hearty diet of...
The New Old Point Clear
I suddenly find myself at the age where I’m telling my kids “how it used to be when I was growing up.” I remember...
Southern Exposure
Is there a cult of sunglasses on the Gulf Coast, a secret society that always shades its meaning and polarizes its detractors...
Back to the Muck
The first time I met my neighbor Ace, he told me he was going to kill me. He never did, and...
